Historical Mode: Iron Curtain

RedMachineNeverBreaks · 01-01-2024, 07:09 AM

Why cant i draft Eastern Block players before removal of Iron Curtain while AI teams can?

Anyway of Stopping that?

redtiger7 · 01-01-2024, 01:32 PM

Eastern block players were always able to be drafted. It was just really hard to sign them. that's why in the early 90's you saw a lot of really good Russian players get drafted in rounds 9, 10, 11... because there was no gaurentee they'd actually be able to play for your team.

RedMachineNeverBreaks · 01-01-2024, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by redtiger7

Eastern block players were always able to be drafted. It was just really hard to sign them. that's why in the early 90's you saw a lot of really good Russian players get drafted in rounds 9, 10, 11... because there was no gaurentee they'd actually be able to play for your team.

I know that, but in the game I cant draft them before the Iron Curtain is lifted while the AI teams can!

SprongShowHKY · 01-09-2024, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RedMachineNeverBreaks

I know that, but in the game I cant draft them before the Iron Curtain is lifted while the AI teams can!

I believe you have to remove the Iron Curtain on the day of the draft? I think that's what I did for FHM 9.

JeffR · 01-10-2024, 09:56 PM

The way it works now, the AI cheats a little bit by selecting those players if there's no other draftable alternative available. It'd be a little messy to fix (and, to an extent, replicates the way teams in that era would use late draft picks on those guys), so I've been working around it by padding the drafts out in the affected years so it doesn't happen as much. Which years were you seeing it in?

RedMachineNeverBreaks · 01-12-2024, 05:02 PM

Is there no way to let everyone draft them but just not allow to sign them until iron curtain is lifted?

Akaitatsu · 09-17-2024, 12:13 PM

It's me dredging up old issues again.

This happens to me in the 1983 draft. I like the solution of being able to draft iron curtain players but not sign them until the curtain is lifted.

01-01-2024, 07:09 AM	#1
RedMachineNeverBreaks Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 94	Historical Mode: Iron Curtain Why cant i draft Eastern Block players before removal of Iron Curtain while AI teams can? Anyway of Stopping that?

01-01-2024, 01:32 PM	#2
redtiger7 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,093	Eastern block players were always able to be drafted. It was just really hard to sign them. that's why in the early 90's you saw a lot of really good Russian players get drafted in rounds 9, 10, 11... because there was no gaurentee they'd actually be able to play for your team.

01-10-2024, 09:56 PM	#5
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,921	The way it works now, the AI cheats a little bit by selecting those players if there's no other draftable alternative available. It'd be a little messy to fix (and, to an extent, replicates the way teams in that era would use late draft picks on those guys), so I've been working around it by padding the drafts out in the affected years so it doesn't happen as much. Which years were you seeing it in?

01-12-2024, 05:02 PM	#6
RedMachineNeverBreaks Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 94	Is there no way to let everyone draft them but just not allow to sign them until iron curtain is lifted?

09-17-2024, 12:13 PM	#7
Akaitatsu Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2020 Location: NE Tennessee Posts: 50	It's me dredging up old issues again. This happens to me in the 1983 draft. I like the solution of being able to draft iron curtain players but not sign them until the curtain is lifted.